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Nash leads Canada to victory over U.S.

May 06, 2005|By Tribune news services.

Columbus Blue Jackets star Rick Nash had two goals and an assist to lift defending champion Canada to a 3-1 victory over the United States at the world championships in Innsbruck, Austria. Canada plays Sweden, runner-up the last two years, in the qualification round Saturday. The Americans will play Finland on Friday.

- The NHL and the players' association met for just over three hours Thursday in the first round of labor negotiations in two weeks. No details were released. The sides will get together again in Toronto on Friday as previously planned. Two bargaining sessions are scheduled next week.